Crater may refer to:
Landforms
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Impact crater, a depression caused by two celestial bodies impacting each other, such as a meteorite hitting a planet
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Explosion crater, a hole formed in the ground produced by an explosion near or below the surface
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Subsidence crater, a depression from an underground (usually nuclear) explosion
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Pit crater, a crater that forms through sinking of the surface and not as a vent for lava
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Volcanic crater, a roughly circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity
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Caldera
A caldera ( ) is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcano eruption. When large volumes of magma are erupted over a short time, structural support for the rock above the magma chamber is ...
, a large cauldron-like depression formed following the evacuation of a magma chamber/reservoir
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Maar
A maar is a broad, low-relief volcanic crater caused by a phreatomagmatic eruption (an explosion which occurs when groundwater comes into contact with hot lava or magma). A maar characteristically fills with water to form a relatively shallow ...
, a type of volcanic crate caused by a phreatic eruption or explosion
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Volcanic crater lake, including a list of lakes that formed in a volcanic or impact crater
Music
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''Crater'' (Daniel Menche and Mamiffer album), 2016
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Crater (Fission album), 2004
Places
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Crati or Crater, a river of southern Italy
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Crater, California, U.S.
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Crater (Aden), a district of the Aden Governorate, Yemen
Other uses
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Crater (constellation)
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''The Crater'' (novel) an 1847 novel by James Fenimore Cooper
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Joseph F. Crater
Joseph Force Crater (January 5, 1889 – disappeared August 6, 1930; declared legally dead June 6, 1939) was a New York State Supreme Court Justice who mysteriously vanished amid a political scandal. He was last seen leaving a restaurant on West ...
(fl. 1889–1930), New York judge who disappeared in 1930
See also
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Crater lake (disambiguation)
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Cratering (disambiguation)
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Krater, a Greek vessel used to mix wine and water (the original meaning)
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Machtesh
A makhtesh ( he, מַכְתֵּשׁ (), Hebrew plural: ( – ''Makhteshim'') is a geological landform considered typical for the Negev desert of Israel and the Sinai peninsula of Egypt. A makhtesh has steep walls of resistant rock surrounding ...
, a crater-like formation created by erosion
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